008 钥匙

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Two days later the rainstorm ended

两天后，暴雨停了。

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The wind stopped howling, and a brilliant blue sky stretched over the moor

风不再呼啸，耀眼的蓝天在荒原上空伸展开来。

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The moor itself looked soft blue instead of gloomy purple-black or awful, dreary gray

荒原本身看起来是柔和的蓝色，不再是阴沉的紫黑色或可怕的、阴郁的灰色。

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When Mary awoke she sat up in bed and called to Martha

玛丽醒来时，从床上坐起来，叫玛莎。

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" Look at the moor!"

"看那荒原！"

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" Yes," said Martha with a cheerful grin." The storm's over for a bit

"是啊，"玛莎咧嘴一笑说。"风暴暂时过去了。

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That happens this time of year. Spring is on its way."

每年这个时候都是这样。春天就要来了。"

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" I thought it always rained and looked dark in England," said Mary

"我还以为英国总是下雨，天总是阴沉沉的，"玛丽说。

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" Oh, no. Just you wait until you see all the flowers blooming on the moor and butterflies fluttering and bees humming

哦，不。等你看到荒原上鲜花盛开，蝴蝶飞舞，蜜蜂嗡嗡叫的时候。

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You'll want to go out on the moor all day as Dickon does."

你会像狄肯那样，整天都想待在荒原上的。"

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Mary smiled." I like Dickon, and I've never even met him."

玛丽笑了。“我喜欢狄肯，虽然我从没见过他。”

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" All the animals like Dickon. I wonder," said Martha," what he would think of you."

“所有的动物都喜欢狄肯。我好奇，”玛莎说，“他会怎么看你呢。”

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" He wouldn't like me," Mary said stiffly." No one does."

“他不会喜欢我的，”玛丽生硬地说。“谁都不喜欢我。”

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Martha looked serious." How do you like yourself?"

玛莎表情严肃起来。“那你喜欢你自己吗？”

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Mary hesitated for a moment." Not at all, really

玛丽犹豫了片刻。“一点也不，真的。

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But I never thought of that before."

但我从前倒没想过这个。”

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Martha grinned." Mother asked me that once when I was in a bad temper and speaking ill of everyone

玛莎咧嘴笑了。“有一次我乱发脾气，说每个人的坏话，母亲就这样问过我。

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She said,' There you stand saying you don't like this one and you don't like that one

她说：‘你站在那儿，说你不喜欢这个，也不喜欢那个。

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How do you like yourself?' It made me laugh and brought me to my senses."

那你喜欢你自己吗？’这话把我逗笑了，也让我清醒了过来。”

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Martha was in high spirits that morning because it was her day off

那天早上玛莎兴高采烈，因为那是她的休息日。

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She gave Mary her breakfast, and then she was going home to the cottage

她给玛丽端来早餐，然后就要回小屋的家了。

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She wouldn't be back until the next morning

她要到第二天早上才会回来。

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After Martha left, Mary felt lonelier than ever

玛莎走后，玛丽感到前所未有的孤单。

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She went outside, and the first thing she did was run around the fountain ten times

她走到外面，第一件事就是绕着喷泉跑了十圈。

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Then she ran into the kitchen gardens and found Ben Weatherstaff at work

然后她跑进菜园，发现本·韦瑟斯塔夫正在干活。

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The change in the weather seemed to have done him good

天气的变化似乎让他精神好了许多。

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" Springtime's coming," he said cheerfully." Can you smell it?"

“春天来了，”他兴高采烈地说，“你能闻到吗？”

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Mary sniffed the air." I smell something nice and fresh and damp."

玛丽嗅了嗅空气。“我闻到一股好闻的、清新的、潮湿的味道。”

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" That's the good, rich earth," he said, digging away

“那是肥沃的好泥土，”他一边挖着一边说。

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" In the flower gardens, things will be stirring down there in the dark

“在花园里，黑暗的地下万物都在萌动。

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The sun's warming them. You'll see bits of green sticking up soon."

“太阳正在晒暖它们。很快你就会看到绿芽冒出来。”

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" What will they be?"

“它们会是什么？”

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" Crocuses and snowdrops and daffodils. Haven't you ever seen them?"

“番红花、雪花莲和水仙花。难道你从来没见过吗？”

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" No," said Mary." In India everything is hot and wet and green after the rains

“没有，”玛丽说，“在印度，雨后一切都又热又湿又绿。”

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Things there seem to grow up overnight."

“那里的东西好像一夜之间就长起来了。”

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" These won't grow up in a night," said Ben." You'll have to wait for them

“这些可不会一夜之间长起来，”本说，“你得等着它们。”

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They'll poke up a bit higher here and push out a bit more there

“它们会这儿冒高一点，那儿挤出一点。”

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Then they'll uncurl a leaf this day and another one that day. You watch."

“然后今天展开一片叶子，明天再展开一片。你瞧着吧。”

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" I'm going to." Mary heard the soft rustling of wings, and there was the robin looking right at her

“我会的。”玛丽听见翅膀轻柔的窸窣声，那只知更鸟正望着她。

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" Do you think he remembers me?"

“你觉得它还记得我吗？”

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" Remember you?" said Ben." Of course he does."

“记得你？”本说，“他当然记得。”

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" Are things stirring in the garden where he lives?"

“他住的那个花园里，植物都苏醒了吗？”

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" What garden?" Ben said gruffly

“哪个花园？”本粗声粗气地问。

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" The one where the old roses are." Mary couldn't help asking more questions

“就是有老玫瑰的那个。”玛丽忍不住继续追问。

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" Are all the flowers dead? Are there ever any roses?"

“花都死了吗？那里还开玫瑰吗？”

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" Ask the robin. He's the only one who knows

“去问知更鸟吧。只有他才知道。

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No one else has seen it for ten years."

其他人都十年没见过那花园了。”

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Ten years was a long time. She was ten years old herself

十年可真长。她自己就刚好十岁。

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Mary slowly walked away, lost in thought

玛丽慢慢走开了，陷入了沉思。

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She had begun to like the garden, just as she had begun to like Dickon and Martha and their mother too

她开始喜欢这个花园了，就像她开始喜欢迪肯、玛莎和他们的妈妈一样。

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That seemed a lot of people to like when you weren't used to liking people

对于一个不习惯喜欢别人的人来说，这好像有好多人都得去喜欢。

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She also counted the robin as a person

她甚至把那只知更鸟也算作一个人。

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She spotted him again as she was strolling along her favorite path outside the kitchen gardens

她在菜园外最喜欢的那条小径上散步时，又看到了他。

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He was pecking in the earth and pretending that he hadn't followed her

他正在地上啄食，假装没有跟着她。

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But Mary knew he had

但玛丽知道他就是跟着来的。

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" You do remember me!" she cried

“你真的记得我！”她喊道。

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She chirped and talked and coaxed, while he hopped and twittered

她叽叽喳喳地说话哄他，他则蹦蹦跳跳地啼叫着。

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The robin allowed her to move closer and closer to him

知更鸟允许她靠得越来越近。

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She bent down and tried to make robin sounds

她弯下腰，试着模仿知更鸟的叫声。

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The robin hopped under some shrubs

知更鸟跳进了灌木丛下。

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Then Mary saw him stop to look for a worm near a pile of freshly turned-up dirt

接着，玛丽看到他在一小堆新翻的泥土旁停下找虫子。

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An animal must have been digging in the garden

一定是有动物在花园里刨过土。

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As she watched the robin, she spotted something half-buried in the little pile of soil

她看着知更鸟的时候，发现那堆小土里半埋着什么东西。

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It looked like a ring of brass or rusty iron

看起来像是一个黄铜的或生锈的铁环。

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When the robin flew up into a nearby tree, Mary picked up the ring

知更鸟飞上旁边一棵树时，玛丽捡起了那个环。

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But it wasn't a ring. It was an old key

但那不是环，而是一把旧钥匙。

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Mary stared in amazement at the key in her hand

玛丽惊讶地盯着手里的钥匙。

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" Perhaps it has been buried for ten years," she whispered

“也许它已经被埋了十年了，”她轻声说。

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" Perhaps this is the key to the garden."

“也许这就是那座花园的钥匙。”